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Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Paul Ferguson - 04-26-2023
Francesco Peluso (Naples 1836 - 1916), 'The Alchemist', Baillieu Collection, Univ of Melbourne.
RE: Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Adam McLean - 04-28-2023
Thanks for posting this. I have not seen this painting before.
RE: Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Paul Ferguson - 04-28-2023
I wonder what this scene is meant to signify?
RE: Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Paul Ferguson - 04-28-2023
Something about the artist here:
http://www.altekunst-vienna.com/frontend/scripts/index.php?groupId=10000&productId=5508&setMainAreaTemplatePath=mainarea_productdetail.html&query=
This painting was purchased by King Vittorio Emanuele.
RE: Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Paul Ferguson - 04-28-2023
I’m baffled by the Greek inscription on the wall: touto drae kai m.ra. Touto = this, kai = and, but the rest of it doesn’t seem to make sense. Any ideas?
RE: Peluso, 'The Alchemist' - Paul Ferguson - 03-30-2026
Courtesy of Munich art dealer Hempel, a possible interpretation:
"An alchemist fortune-teller reads a young man’s palm"
https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Francesco-Peluso-1836-Neapel-nach-1916-neapolitanischer-Genremaler.html?a=124&s=-1&id=562485&q=7305&kid=7305&qa=